Recent content by Bob Morris

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    MLL - scratchbuild sceletons

    Those look fantastic! Nice work indeed. Bob
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    Metal Wheel Conversion

    Thanks for the insight. I'm going to take some cars to someone who has their layout built with magnetic uncouplers and see what happens. Bob
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    Metal Wheel Conversion

    Um, (clearing throat while fighting down the panic), tilsbury, you're message gave me chills. As a newbie, I converted all my cars to low profile metal wheels so that (as I read here) I could keep my track cleaner and run on the recommended Code 55 track that I bought but my cars wouldn't run on...
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    Metal Wheel Conversion

    I have also converted all of my trucks to Atlas metal wheels. HOWEVER, be aware that the Intermountain and M-T cars take a different wheel set than the Atlas cars. There is a difference in the axle ends and the axles are not interchangable as I learned the hard way. Bob
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    grade question,

    Just a comment. If you've only got 30" of width your min. radius is going to have to be 14". That's going to be VERY tight for running passenger cars. A 19" min. radius is much preferred. Right now I'm trying to see if I can get my smooth side Kato passenger cars to run reliably and look decent...
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    Intermountain F3's (advice after the fact:-)

    Thanks for the input. IM makes an Erie version but not E-L. While the E-L did keep some loco's in the former Erie livery, all the lettering was changed over to E-L. I'll have to check my reference books to see if any of the FT's were kept in service past the merger. Bob
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    Intermountain F3's (advice after the fact:-)

    Glad to hear you're happy with your FT's. Hopefully the F3's will be good runners too. You're right that the IM adverts show the F3's with smooth (passenger) pilots, but I've got a picture of a smooth pilot F3 (with a "B" and another "A") in freight service going through the wye in the area I...
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    Intermountain F3's (advice after the fact:-)

    I've pre-ordered an F3A and F3B (NYC), on the strength of their exquisite rolling stock. Anyone had any experience with their engines? Do you know what drive units they utilize? Bob
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    Mission acccomplished (trucks/wheel sets)

    It sure helps when you're converting a couple dozen cars vs. a couple hundred! :-) I do live in the area (Wellsboro, Pa.) and used to live in Vestal, N.Y. in the 50's to 70's. I've had fun researching the rail history of the area and have found the track plans from the area past and present...
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    Mission acccomplished (trucks/wheel sets)

    As a new returnee to N scale, I've completed converting all my rolling stock so they'll run on code 55. They all now sport MT trucks/couples with replacement Atlas low profile metal wheels. My locomotives roster will soon be complete: two Atlas E-L GP7's (one a torpedo tube in maroon and...
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    E-L Cabeese

    Thanks Dan! I confess I hadn't found the Bachmann and Walthers cabooses in my searches. I've got the The Atlas version and it doesn't look too bad, but it's not protypical--most if not all of the E-L cabooses that I've been able to find had center cupolas. The Bachmann caboose has the late...
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    E-L Cabeese

    I've searched every manufacturer I can find and haven't been able to surface any E-L caboose models (with exception of one non-prototypical old Atlas caboose). Does anyone know where one might go about finding one (or two or three? :-) from smaller companies or kits or .....? I'm surprised...
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    New Birkshire

    I just ordered a bunch of metal low profile wheels for Microtrains cars from www.discounttrainsonline.com . He said he's got lots of them in inventory. Several others I contacted first were out of stock. Bob
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    Con-cor body shell replacement

    Brady, you were correct. The May/June 1991 issue of N Scale magazine had an article on photocopying windows! Kudo's to your grey cells :-) If Catt!'s technique proves beyond the capabilities of mere mortals I'll start my back issue scrounging. Bob
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    Con-cor body shell replacement

    Thanks guys. I can believe it has a Kato mechanism. It creeps along nicely on start up, and runs well on the "years ahead of it's time" low profile wheels. For the age, it's a surprisingly good runner. I'd like to keep running it, but diesel loco cosmetics have definitely improved over the...
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